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When a mistaken identity murder happens at her sister’s bookstore in Cottonwood Springs, Brigid has no choice. She has to find the person who intended to murder her sister. Not everyone liked her sister, Fiona. Several people could have done it, including the competing bookstore owner, the religious fanatic, the psychic, and her landlady. Now all Brigid has to do is figure out if it was one of them or just a random event. Sometimes it’s a good thing to have a 125-pound Newfoundland dog for a pet, particularly when the creek runs deep and fast.

Die Liebe zum Kochen wurde Margherita in die Wiege gelegt. Wie einst ihr Vater - ein Sternekoch - führt nun auch sie ein Restaurant in Venedig. Trotzdem scheint sie für ihren Vater kaum zu existieren. Und irgendwie, merkt sie, ist sie auch sich selbst abhandengekommen. Als der Vater zu einer Fernseh-Kochshow eingeladen wird, begleitet ihn Margherita - und begibt sich damit auf eine Reise, die ihr Leben verändern wird.

Att ha katt - för Anna-Lena är det lika självklart som lakan i sängen. Inte nödvändigt, men bättre med än utan. Och många katter har hon hunnit frottera sig med genom åren, både egna och andras. I trettiosju berättelser får vi här följa hennes vilda kattäventyr från barndomen och framåt. Möten med hämndlystna katter. Katter som liftar. Katter som förälskar sig i hundar och katter som jobbar i filmbranschen.

Un paese in guerra. Una famiglia divisa. Una storia indimenticabile di coraggio e speranza. Dal loro rifugio sulle montagne, la piccola Huong e sua nonna Dieu Lan sentono il rombo dei bombardieri americani e scorgono il bagliore degli incendi che stanno devastando Hanoi. Fino a quel momento, per Huong la guerra è stata l'ombra che ha risucchiato i suoi genitori, e adesso quell'ombra sta avvolgendo anche lei e la nonna. Tornate in città, scoprono che la loro casa è completamente distrutta, eppure non si scoraggiano e decidono di ricostruirla, mattone dopo mattone.

It's been years since the first Emergence, since the first specimen of the kaiju scourge awoke from millennia of dormancy beneath the sea and wrought untold devastation upon the cities of man. Much has since been lost, but a great deal gained, too. In the crucible of extinction-level events, a new breed of super-soldier, capable of interfacing with the beasts, was born.

Barns verklighet är idag mer komplicerad och svårhanterlig än någonsin förr. Tempot i barnens tillvaro har höjts och till följd av detta blir allt fler barn drabbade av svår stress, vissa mer än andra. Denna stress kan ta form som oro, ledsamhet, aggressivitet och passivitet. Men hur lär man sig att känna igen ett stressat barn? Och hur kan man hjälpa barnen att hantera sin stress, varva ner och slappna av?

Thirteen years ago, Erin escaped her abductor. Now he has her sister. No one believed Erin when she returned. Not the police who accused her of craving attention or her alcoholic mother who didn’t even realize she was gone. Thirteen years after her escape from seven torturous days in her captor's basement, Erin has a new name, a new life, and enough pills to wash away the week that changed everything.

A strong understanding of self-worth is crucial to living an authentic and fulfilling life, yet so many of us have lost that sense of who we truly are and what we are worthy of. On the surface, this may look like low confidence, imposter syndrome, chronic busy-ness, exhaustion, overwhelm, fear or anxiety, but at the core, it's low self-worth.

Thirty years after Douglas Coupland broke the fiction mould and defined a generation with Generation X, he is back with Binge, 60 stories laced with his observational profundity about the way we live and his existential worry about how we should be living: the very things that have made him such an influential and bestselling writer. Not to mention that he can also be really funny.

When several members of Brigid’s book club are threatened with blackmail and ask her to help them, she can’t refuse. Their secrets are too private to be exposed, so she tries to handle the case on her own, without any help from the sheriff. Her family isn’t so sure she should get involved. The blackmailing case and her marriage are on a collision course, and she doesn’t know what the right thing is to do.

On Crynn Dayholt’s eighteenth birthday, she spins the wheel. The needle lands on the only black square. For 10 years or her death, whichever comes first, she is now the leader of a group of people called the Stalkers. People sent from the safety of Soriah to clear the city outside the wall of Malignants, a breed formed by earth’s desecration.

Frances Hodgson Burnet's 1911 novel is about Mary Lennox, an unloved orphan who journeys from India to Yorkshire to live at Misselthwaite Manor, the home of her uncle Archibald Craven. Under the influence of the beautiful countryside and its kind inhabitants, Mary begins to blossom. She soon discovers there are secrets of many kinds both inside and outside her uncle's estate. In particular, she longs to discover the key to a hidden garden that has been shut away for 10 years.

It's no secret that children tend to have a special bond with their grandfathers. With fun verses, this book celebrates that relationship and recognizes the many ways that grandfathers support, love, and empower their grandchildren.

In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes successful crime fiction stories, but this doesn't pay enough for him to do the things he wants. Things change when he starts to put his knowledge of crime to a practical use... It gets him into serious trouble before long.

All Kirsten Calloway wanted was a meaningless fling. It was never meant to turn out like this. A discreet agency who orchestrate affairs. A persistent lover who stops at nothing to get what he wants. A dead body on the train tracks. And a revelation that changes everything.

Giselle ist eine begnadete Balletttänzerin. Aber die Konkurrenz ist groß. Als ihr guter Freund Trenton Irina als seine neue Freundin vorstellt, ist Giselle nicht begeistert, denn Irina ist ihre größte Konkurrentin. Nicht nur als Tänzerin - auch wenn es um die Liebe von Trenton geht. Doch dann geschieht ein Unfall und Trenton erkennt, für wen sein Herz schlägt... doch wird diese Liebe auch erwidert?

Originally published in 1906, Pride and Prejudice: A Play, based on Jane Austen's novel written in 1813, brings a new way to experience a much-loved story and characters. Follow the Bennet family through their daily lives as new people move into the neighborhood, romance blossoms, hearts are broken, scandals are had, and, of course, love prevails. This classic story is brought to life while keeping true to the spirit and wit of Ms. Austen herself!

When an unloved child loses her only friend, she finds the courage to leave home and reinvent herself as Pearl Lancaster. Innocent and naïve, Pearl’s quest to become a theatre star puts her at the mercy of abusive teachers and predatory cult members. This is the story of one girl’s rise to fame and the desperate lengths she will go to in order to stay in the spotlight. Blood will be shed, tears will fall, but the show must go on.

Alyssa Cressfield always wanted a pet - a big, sexy man who would look impressive on a leash. Now, she is finally ready to realize her dream. She visits a pet training center, intending to buy a trained pet. Instead, she finds Jax, a fierce human-alien hybrid freshly caught from space, still untamed and unbroken. Alyssa has never encountered an untamed pet before. She can't resist temptation; she must have him.

Kaum ein Thema berührt den Menschen mehr als die Fähigkeit, die Gefühle des anderen zu verstehen. Was so einfach klingt, ist bis heute mitunter eines der schwersten Unterfangen überhaupt. Wie oft haben Sie sich schon missverstanden gefühlt? Wie oft hatten Sie schon das Gefühl, bei einem Menschen völlig danebengelegen zu haben, und wie oft dachten Sie, Sie gäben einer Person das, was ihr zusteht, und dabei ist diese völlig unzufrieden damit, wie Sie mit ihr umgehen?